Delta Field Notes

02/26/2017

One of our favorite places, one of our favorite people. Get out there and paddle!

Few people that live in the Mississippi Delta ever go out on the river. John Ruskey, owner of Quapaw Canoeing Company, wants to change that and get people connected with this wild place.

02/10/2017

We're taking requests: what Delta mysteries do you want solved? What local questions do you want answered? We'll tackle those -- and fill you in on our process of tracking the answer down.

01/24/2017

After a six month hiatus, Delta Field Notes is back. And we're sharing a secret with you: our favorite retreat in the Delta.

Plus a new feature: "Behind the Story," in which we share some of our methods and techniques. Check it out, and click the button to subscribe!

Since I moved to Mississippi eight years ago, I've fallen in love with its namesake river. And not just the river itself -- but also the swampy woods along its banks, and the oxbow lakes that thread through those woods. In the six months since you've last heard from us, I've launched a project to do...

01/23/2017

In another 100 years, the oxbow lakes inside the levees might be gone. Why -- and what can we do? Boyce reports from the backwaters.

Along the Mississippi River, largely beyond our notice, an essential wildlife habitat is beginning to disappear. Can it be saved?

07/21/2016

It's been a busy summer, which has meant no DFN in a while. It's also, as we all know, been a difficult summer.

Which is why in our first issue of the summer we wanted to suggest a small, good thing you can do to make this Delta -- and our nation -- a better place: support your local black businesses.

Check out a few good meals in the latest issue, and let us know what restaurants we've missed!

My first few years in Mississippi, I gave myself a quest: I was going to find the best damn shrimp and grits in the state.

05/10/2016

Just the greatest music movie of all time. Sunday, 3 PM, Grammy Museum Mississippi...

"Purple Rain", the first starring film for Prince, is the story of an arrogant, young singer, born and raised in Minneapolis, who reaches the pinnacle of stardom. The dramatic complications include "The Kid's" (Prince) miserable home life, where he suffers the brutalities of his father (well played…

05/04/2016

A good reminder of our local bounty here...

In the Mississippi Delta, locals prepare and enjoy dishes that stretch ingredients sourced from the land’s nutrient-rich earth and blended from a stew of cultural influences.

04/28/2016

Even when you're at the top of an industry -- the top, maybe, of the world -- not everything goes your way.

That's one thing we learned from talking to Morgan Freeman. What else? Find out in today's issue. Link below; sign up above to get these stories direct to your inbox!

Back in January, I drove up to Charleston and sat down in an elementary school library. I was there to interview the Delta’s most famous resident. One of the world’s most renowned actors. (Why an elementary school library? Read the feature I wrote in this season’s issue of The ‘Sip magazine, on news…

04/27/2016

The man, the myth, the legend... But what do you do when you find yourself stalking him? Find out in our new issue, out tomorrow. Be sure to sign up today!

04/08/2016

Are you a film buff? We're looking for a self-declared expert in the film repertoire of the great Morgan Freeman. Think you know your stuff? Then drop us a line!

04/08/2016

Bigger isn't always better, but in this case it is!